In This Article:

1. What Is ARFID?
2. ARFID, Food Neophobia, or Picky Eating: What’s the Difference?
3. What Are the Most Common Symptoms of ARFID?
4. What Causes ARFID? Key Risk Factors to Know

Binge eating is one of the most common eating disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide (1).

An eating disorder is a mental illness in which attitudes and behaviours towards food, weight, and body image are disrupted. This condition needs to be treated to prevent the related social, physical, and psychological consequences.

What exactly do we mean when we talk about diet culture? It includes all the unhealthy behaviors that can be associated with food.

“Lose 10 pounds by only eating 10 onions a day!”
Unfortunately, this phrase and other iterations of it has been plaguing magazines, social media, and television screens for quite some time now. While a quick solution to lose weight seems appealing, restrictive diets come with side effect; that being, risks to both physical and mental health.

It's not easy to lose weight or even maintain a healthy weight in a society where food is not just there to help us meet our nutritional needs.

"I would like to eat less sugar, but I feel like I'm addicted," you would say.